spaced out

Braden has had a space themed room for a few years now. I thought when we moved to the new house that he might want to change it but thanks to his new favorite movie, "Wall-e" he was more than happy to stick with it. So I've been working on it off and on for the past month. His bed...I mean space ship is almost done being painted. I still have to sand down and paint the drawers. I painted the wall mural to look like your looking out into space. I still have more stuff to add to make it look like the inside of a shuttle but here is where it stands today.
Why didn't I make his bed before I took the picture?

more beach pics

I took a lot of pictures at the beach last weekend. Here are a few of my favorites.

Easter Bunny Pictures

One of the great things that my mom done every year for the past 3 years is sent my kids Easter outfits. She brought them out this past weekend and how perfect that Wal-Mart was having free pictures with the Easter bunny. So we went out to take their first picture with the Easter bunny. We've never done it before because Braden was always a little freaked out by the life size Rabbit. I don't blame him though. He does look a little freaky!

Rocket Launch

Friday night we went to the beach to watch the rocket launch. This is the first time we've gone out to the beach to watch a launch (rocket or shuttle). Usually we watch the coverage on TV until they start the countdown and then we just walk outside in the front yard and watch it take off. But since Mom & Greg were with us this time we decided to check out the beach for the launch.

It was really neat and I'm sad that we never went out to see the shuttle during a night launch. When the shuttle launches at night the show is amazing from our front yard. I can't even imagine how awesome it must have been from the beach without houses and trees blocking parts of the view. The rocket formed a glowing ball that darted across the sky. When the shuttle launches the whole sky turns orange and then a glowing ball emerges out of the orange and darts up across the sky. We might never have the opportunity to see one. Not only is the shuttle about to retire soon but NASA has said that they are not going to be doing anymore night launches as a safety precaution.

When Nanny & Greg come....

When Nanny & Greg come to visit we always seem to run ourselves ragged trying to cram in as much fun in the 2 or 3 days as we can. This past weekend was no different. We started of the weekend by going out to the beach Friday night to watch the rocket launch. It was a really neat to see it appear over the water and float up across the sky. I wish they could have seen the shuttle launch. It's by far the coolest thing I've ever seen.

After watching the rocket launch we all were in a space mood so Saturday we loaded up and drove out to the cape to the Kennedy Space Center. My kids love the space center as long as we skip the bus tour. It's just too much time in the bus for them.

Sunday after church and pizza we headed back out to the beach for a few hours. This was our first weekend at the beach this year. I learned this weekend that the best time to go is in the evening. It's a lot less crowded, much cooler, I don't have to worry about the kids leaving little lobsters, and the lighting is perfect for picture.

New House & New Adventures

It's been a few very crazy months. First I must say that I LOVE my new house. I'm so glad Mike got bored one afternoon and drug me around town looking at model homes. It resulted in a great move!

We've been busy working in the yard. First we dug up the sod in the front of the house and made a bigger flower bed. It looked so good. That was about a month ago now it's starting to show signs of my green thumb or lack thereof.

Warm January Afternoon

There's only one thing to do on a warm January afternoon....PLAY OUTSIDE! Ashlyn loves being outside, barefooted and in the dirt. She can be quite the little tomboy. I took these pictures a few weeks ago. I only wish that it was nice and warm today. It was in the 33 degrees when I woke up this morning. Thirty-three degrees is not Florida weather.